Originally posted by tikeyas_mom
good point king rattus, but I have to disagree somewhere along the lines of shelter dogsd need homes. So do pet store dogs! hat makes them any less of a pet?
No, that does not make them any less of a pet. Many wonderful, well-loved dogs are bought from pet stores. And I do not think anyone who buys a dog from a pet store is a bad person or anything like that. I'd probably be tempted to get a pet store puppy if I found a husky.....that's the exact reason I refused to visit any pet stores when I was looking for a pup, lol.

BUT, buying a dog from a pet store supports those who breed them in puppy mills. You may be saving one pup, but just making room for another one to take it's place. The whole point is, if nobody bought dogs from pet stores, the puppy mills would not be breeding any more dogs to sell to pet stores. Adopting a dog from a shelter saves it from being put to sleep, and makes room for another dog who needs a home.

And KYS, I've seen pups for $950 and up also...really, $400 is pretty cheap for a pet store pup.